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For more course tutorials visit\nwww.uophelp.com\n\nGLG 220 Week 1 DQ 1\nGLG 220 Week 1 DQ 2\nGLG 220 Week 1 Summary Questions\nGLG 220 Week 1 Mineral Identification Worksheet\nGLG 220 Week 2 DQ 1\nGLG 220 Week 2 DQ 2\nGLG 220 Week 2 Plate Tectonics Paper\nGLG 220 Week 2 Lab Earthquake Report\nGLG 220 Week 3 DQ 1\nGLG 220 Week 3 DQ 2\nGLG 220 Week 3 Groundwater Lab Report\nGLG 220 Week 3 Sculpturing the Earth’s Surface\nGLG 220 Week 4 Oceans and Atmosphere Worksheet\nGLG 220 Week 4 DQ 1\nGLG 220 Week 4 DQ 2\nGLG 220 Week 4 Deserts Lab Report\nGLG 220 Week 5 Individual Questions\nGLG 220 Week 5 Environmental Sustainability Paper\nGLG 220 Week 5 DQ 1\nGLG 220 Week 5 DQ 2\n - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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GLG 220 Entire Course

• GLG 220 Week 1 DQ 1• GLG 220 Week 1 DQ 2• GLG 220 Week 1 Summary

Questions• GLG 220 Week 1 Mineral

Identification Worksheet• GLG 220 Week 2 DQ 1• GLG 220 Week 2 DQ 2• GLG 220 Week 2 Plate Tectonics

Paper• GLG 220 Week 2 Lab Earthquake

Report

GLG 220 Week 1 DQ 1• Answer in 200-300 word count.

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• What is the basis and criteria for developing the geologic time scale? Based on your reading and experience, what is the most interesting period within the geologic time scale? Why?

• What is the nature of scientific inquiry? What is the difference between a scientific hypothesis and a scientific theory? How is hypothesis and theory different from a scientific law?

GLG 220 Week 1 DQ 2

• Answer in 200-300 word count. Choose one question below and title your answer with Reply.

• What information do fossils provide about past life on Earth? What information do fossils not provide?

• Can you identify parts of a house that are made from minerals and rocks? What parts and what specific minerals or rocks? Are there any of those parts that could not be made for the house without some form of minerals or rocks? Explain.

GLG 220 Week 1 Mineral Identification Worksheet• Resources: Ch. 2 of the text, Virtual

Minerals Lab, Mineral Identification Key II and Appendix 2 • Read the Introduction located via the Table of Contents,Section 1 at Mineral Society of America’s Mineral Identification Key II available at the following link: http://www.minsocam.org/MSA/collectors_corner/id/mineral_id_keyi1.htm#Intro After reviewing the

GLG 220 Week 1 Summary Questions

• GLG 220 Week 1 Summary Questions

• Ch. 1: Critical and Creative Thinking Questions 3 & 5

• Ch. 2: Critical and Creative Thinking Questions 1 & 3

• Ch. 3: Critical and Creative Thinking Questions 3 & 4

• Ch. 14: Critical and Creative Thinking Questions 1 & 4

GLG 220 Week 2 DQ 1• Answer in 200-300 word count.

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• Will plate tectonics eventually turn off and cease to operate on Earth? Why or why not?

• What are the differences between active and passive continental margins? What is the relationship between plate tectonics and the various features? Provide an example of each continental margin.

• How did the discovery of magnetic anomalies and reversals process contribute to our current acceptance of plate tectonics theory

GLG 220 Week 2 DQ 2

• Answer in 200-300 word count. Choose one question below and title your answer with Reply.

• How can the Appalachian Mountains be considered a collision-type mountain range when the nearest continent is 5,000 kilometers (3,000 miles) away?

• What is an earthquake? What causes earthquakes?

• How did the Hawaiian Islands form geologically? How could the relative age of the islands be determined?

GLG 220 Week 2 Plate Tectonics Paper• GLG 220 Week 2 Plate Tectonics

Paper

GLG 220 Week 3 DQ 1

• Answer in 200-300 word count. Choose one question below and title your answer with Reply.

• Describe the hydrologic cycle. How does this cycle affect the earth?

• What is the potential danger due to mass wasting in your state or region? What is the effort spent to minimize the impact of mass wasting?

• What is the impact of soil erosion on farmland? What are the tools that could be utilized to minimize the loss of farmland to soil erosion?

GLG 220 Week 3 DQ 2• Answer in 200-300 word count.

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• Based on your reading, do you believe that we are in a period of glacial or interglacial stage? Why or why not? What are the current factors that might cause the acceleration of one stage over the other?

• One philosophy about pollution of water is that water can always be cleaned (e.g. by the use of distillation). Is this a viable solution? Why or why not?

GLG 220 Week 3 Groundwater Lab Report

• GLG 220 Week 3 Groundwater Lab Report

GLG 220 Week 3 Sculpturing the Earth’s Surface• GLG 220 Week 3 Sculpturing the

Earth’s Surface Resource:• • Visualizing Geology Select a city or

region that is faced with one of the following issues: Saltwater invasion in coastal wells Depletion of an aquifer for drinking or agricultural water Subsidence associated with water pumping Depletion or pollution of surface water from human use Landslides threatening the infrastructure of a region

GLG 220 Week 4 Deserts Lab Report

• GLG 220 Week 4 Deserts Lab Report

GLG 220 Week 4 DQ 1• How can an observer experience two

unequal high tides during a day?• What is the composition of sea

water? What does salinity mean?• Beach erosion is related to natural

process such as long shore current. How is beach erosion also related to human activity?

• How do oceans regulate climate?

GLG 220 Week 4 DQ 2

• The Arizona cities of Flagstaff and Phoenix are relatively close to one another yet have contrasting climates. Why does this difference occur?

• What are the features of the ocean floor and how can they be explained by plate tectonics?

• What is the Coriolis Effect?• How does the atmosphere

regulate the Earth’s climate?

GLG 220 Week 4 Oceans and Atmosphere Worksheet• GLG 220 Week 4 Oceans and

Atmosphere Worksheet

GLG 220 Week 5 DQ 1

• Answer in 200-300 word count. Choose one question below and title your answer with Reply.

• What are the products of crude oil? How are these products produced?

• How is coal formed in the earth?• How can the tides be used as an

energy source?

GLG 220 Week 5 DQ 2• 1. What are renewable and

nonrenewable resources? Give examples of each.

• 2. Galena is the primary ore of lead, Pb. Besides lead itself, what is a dangerous byproduct of smelting lead? How can this byproduct be prevented from entering the atmosphere?

• 3. What are three fossil fuels? How much is used for industrial, home, and transport? How much energy is lost?

GLG 220 Week 5 Environmental Sustainability Paper

• Wind Power: Its Pros and Cons

The quest to find an alternative energy resource that is in accordance with history and latest trend in technology has paved the way for humans to look after the environment and to preserve the natural resources. An alternative energy resource is wind power.

GLG 220 Week 5 Individual Questions• GLG 220 Week 5 Individual Questions• Prepare a response to Critical and

Creative Thinking Questions 1–5 in Ch. 15 of Visualizing Geology. Provide an explanation in your responses.

• Oil production in the United States satisfies only half of the country's needs; the rest is imported. If imports were cut off, what changes would you expect to occur in your lifestyle?

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